From mouse to frogs: Identification and functional analyses of genes required for induction and patterning of the mesoderm

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Conlon, F L ^a   Jones, C M ^a   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachury; Mesoderm induction; Mouse embryogenesis; Nodal; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0002853311     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0014     Document Type: Article

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